Category: GOP

Pennsylvania GOP Rebukes Sen. Pat Toomey After Vote to Convict Trump

The Pennsylvania Republican Party voted to rebuke Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) for his vote to convict former President Donald Trump. A rebuke is a political function and does not have any power. “We are outraged that Senator Toomey took part in an impeachment process that facilitated Democrats’ tireless obsession with partisan political retribution,” read a…


Trump Goes After Republicans Who Voted Against Him in Impeachment: ‘Get Rid of Them All’

Former President Donald Trump went after “RINOs” who voted to impeach or convict him during the impeachment effort, including all seven Republican senators who joined Democrats. Trump, in his CPAC speech on Sunday, suggested that Sens. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Pa.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), and…


Trump Hints at 2024 Run, Blasts Biden, Calls for Unified GOP

ORLANDO—In his first speech since leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump declared his America-first movement far from over, criticized the Biden administration, charted the course for the future of the Republican party, and hinted that he may run for president again in 2024. Speaking before an energized crowd at the annual Conservative Political…


Sen. Rick Scott Says He’ll Support Incumbents GOP Senators Over Trump-Backed Candidates

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he will support any Republican incumbent senator against primary challengers—despite an assertion made by former President Donald Trump that he would primary some senators. Scott, in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, would not say whether the Republican Party belongs to Trump….


Sen. Scott Says He’ll Support GOP Incumbents Over Trump-Backed Challengers

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he will support any Republican incumbent senator against primary challengers—despite an assertion made by former President Donald Trump that he would primary some senators. Scott, in an interview with Fox News on Feb. 28, declined to say whether the GOP is Trump’s party….


Donald Trump Jr. Says Trump Is ‘Still the Future of the Republican Party’

Donald Trump Jr. asserted that his father, former President Donald Trump, is still the future of the GOP ahead of his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this weekend. “If you’re reading the room and you’re intelligent, you realize that Donald Trump is still the future of the Republican Party,” Trump Jr. said…


GOP Reps. Urge IG to Investigate NIH Relationship With Wuhan Lab

A group of Republican Representatives sent a letter on Tuesday to Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Inspector General Christi Grimm requesting an investigation into the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) connection with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China. The letter was prompted by an editorial published by The Washington Post questioning the role of the…


GOP Rep. Fred Upton Censured for Vote to Remove Marjorie Taylor Greene

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) was censured for his vote weeks ago to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from her committee assignments. Michigan’s Cass County censured Upton for the vote, according to Upton in a series of Twitter posts on Tuesday evening. Text of the resolution read: “We believe Congressman Upton’s vote is a betrayal of…


Rep. Upton Censured by County GOP for Vote to Remove Greene From Committees

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) was censured by Republicans in his home district for his vote weeks ago to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) from her committee assignments. Michigan’s Cass County GOP censured Upton for the vote, according to Upton in a series of Twitter posts on Feb. 23. Text of the resolution read: “We believe…


Irvine Republicans Form Splinter Group to Further Party’s Aims

More than two dozen conservatives in Irvine, California, have joined ranks to form a new local faction of the Republican Party. About 30 charter members met virtually on Feb. 22 to set up the new activist group—called the Irvine Republican Assembly (IRA)—after becoming disenchanted with some stances taken by their former group, the Greater Irvine…